Main card
MR
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Mauricio Rua vs Gian Villante
Knockout R3 0:59
GV
Key takeaways
Mauricio Rua beat Gian Villante by knockout at 0:59 of round three in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Centro de Formação Olímpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza. In the co-main event, Edson Barboza beat Beneil Dariush, the division's No. 14, by knockout at 3:35 of round two.
Across the ten bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, three by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in ten fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Paulo Costa, who stopped Garreth McLellan at 1:17 of round one, and two of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Mauricio Rua's knockout of Gian Villante, 10 minutes and 59 seconds in. End to end, the ten fights filled one hour and 38 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of four, against three of the six below it. Kevin Lee (submission, round two), Michel Prazeres (submission, round one) and Paulo Costa (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
One ranked fighters appeared. The only other ranked name was Beneil Dariush, No. 14 at lightweight.
